Trial and Jesus

Trial

Trial and Jesus (1 Peter 1:6)

20090118

(Mark Driscoll)?

When trial comes and sets in, people go to one of four directions.

1. They judge God
   1. God, I thought you were good, I thought you love me, I thought I could trust you, I thought you would do a better job than this.
   2. Don't judge God. God's God.
2. Envying others
   1. I wish I had their life, I wish I had their wife, I wish I had their job, I wish I had their physical heath and body, They are smart I wish I had their intellect. They had great parents, I wish I had their family. Their kids seem not to be very short demons, I wish I had their kind of kids.
   2. Its covetousness.
3. Some fall into self pity
   1. My life is hard, my life is ruined, woe is me.
   2. You become the center of your life. You lose sight of God and others. You become very selfish, very narcissistic, very self consumed.
   3. Its a form of pride.
4. Some people run to a functional savior.
   1. Drugs, alcohol, sex, entertainment.
   2. Gambling, food.
   3. Things that will get them out of their grief. Some kind of relief.
   4. Idol worship

What we experience is trial, what we feel is grief. The proclivity is for us to go the wrong direction for help.

We need to respond with rejoicing. We sing because the joy is inexpressible .

If we under trial grief appropriately and respond rightly, we will be storing up treasure in heaven. Making deposits in the kingdom of God. (1Peter 1:4)

Some in the midst of the trail and under the pain of grieving, say “I dont know if I can hold onto God” God holds onto us. (1Peter 1:5)

• Faith is more precious than gold and trials purify it. (1 Peter 1:7). Sanctified (v1)
• The most godly people are the ones who suffered the most.
• Not to rejoice in the trial, but rejoice in the results of the trial.